...When I cook....

To polish my homemaker/future housewife skills, on weekends I get inspired to cook. Sometime a new recipe and mostly the "tried n tested-sure shot" ones. And believe me, I have learnt a lot about cooking which you will not find in the regular cook books.

For example: Cooking requires a lot of multi tasking. Picture this: you are chopping tomatoes (which to me is much harder compared to chopping onions) as well as counting the whistles that go off in the pressure cooker and simultaneously the chicken is defrosting in the microwave, and the oil is left to heat in the pan. And singing along with Keisha on tik tok!! By the end of it, I feel no less than power puff girls (all 3 of em).

Secondly, we are Indians so don’t blame us if we smell like curry all the time. The amount of ingredients that go into making the most simplest of Indian dishes can easily out number the most exquisite western cuisine. We have spices for different flavors, aroma , colors, and each one is cooked differently some just sprinkled or for garnishing. And we love to tell our neighbors what is cooking just by the smell of it. Hate us! Coz we eat real food and not just a potato that is boiled n smashed for dinner.

Next…Making a round roti is the biggest challenge. You have to make sure the shape is right, with consistent thickness all around, its properly cooked all around, is soft, and is buttered properly and 100 other things to be taken care of. I can make Biryani, Pau Bhaji or bake a cake (it was hard n chewey …but still!!) but roti I’ve not conquered yet. I think am gonna order a “roti maker” from the Tele Shopping Network very soon if not sooner.

And always make sure the food does not stick to the bottom of the vessel by constantly moving and turning it and not smashing it (it’s a technique one needs to master) if you don’t have a maid to scrub it for you. Also, there is no need for a seprate bowl/cup/plate/spoon for each ingredient just put em all in the pot/pan as and when required. Requires a lot of efficiency but saves a lot of efforts.

The most important lesson out of all is that there is always an easy and instant way to make anything you want to, provided you have the creativity and the will to try (I feel like a professional already :D)